The Rose Farm White Plains, N.Y., 1929 /

Farm, Rose; Mitchell, S. Roger.

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“…Pearce, who argued that the LA misunderstood the corporate nature of ASLIB; insisted that most ASLIB members "would not desire to become fellows of the LA, since most were not librarians in any form"; and argued that "no business firm would assist [ASLIB] if it were absorbed in the LA" [27]. On the second occasion (1928)(1929)(1930), negotiations were rather more prolonged, mainly because of pressure put on the ASLIB by its financial supporter, the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, which wished to see the "library and information services of the UK speak with one voice" [28]. This time around, the LA formally drew up a proposed agreement for amalgamation (substantially along the lines that it had negotiated with the Association of Assistant Librarians earlier in the 1920s), which would have given ASLIB a good degree of autonomy, albeit within the LA as parent organisation.…”

Section: Aslib the Information Professions And Information Sciencementioning

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A new history of ASLIB, 1924‐1950

Muddiman

2005

Journal of Documentation

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Purpose -ASLIB -the Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux -was founded in 1924 with the aim of co-ordinating the activities of specialist information services in the UK. This article seeks to present a new history of the first quarter-century of the Association. Design/methodology/approach -This is a historical study based substantially on two collections of primary documents: ASLIB's own records, held at Aslib Headquarters, London; and the papers of Edith Ditmas, held at the National Library of Wales. Findings -The paper explores the origins of ASLIB, and its roots in the "science lobby" of the time; it then traces the development of ASLIB as both a "national intelligence service" for science, commerce and industry, and as a quasi-professional association with international significance. It concludes that the first of these two functions was the Association's fundamental raison d'être.Research limitations/implications -The research is limited to study of ASLIB in the period 1924-1950 and an obvious continuation would be a history of "corporate" ASLIB . More generally, the paper reveals that the history of UK documentation and information science in the twentieth century is underexplored: there is scope for future research focused on key pioneers and ideas, as well as institutions such as ASLIB. Originality/value -As far as is known, this is the first historical study of ASLIB to be based on contemporary records: it should therefore be of value to both historians of information and library science and practitioners interested in their professional heritage.

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Section: Aslib the Information Professions And Information Sciencementioning

confidence: 99%

A new history of ASLIB, 1924‐1950

Muddiman

2005

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